Plans for a detached granny annexe in the grounds of a farmhouse in the Nottingham green belt have been refused as the appellant failed to explain how extant plans for an annexe within the main house would ‘disrupt his family life’.

Plans to replace a former cinema with a 13-storey block of purpose built student accommodation can go ahead after an inspector decided that it would have a positive impact on the surrounding conservation area.

Plans to create 43 new flats by extending a multistorey car park complex in Aldershot town centre have been blocked after an inspector ruled that the scale of the scheme would be detrimental to the adjacent conservation area.

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has determined a number of housing applications to Mid Sussex District Council in light of its outdated local plan, granting permission for 504 homes and refusing a further 130.

Sajid Javid has approved plans for 142 homes on playing pitches leased to the University of Chester, after his predecessor Greg Clark’s 2016 decision to refuse permission primarily on flood risk grounds was quashed by the High Court.

An inspector has granted temporary consent for a gypsy site in the South Downs National Park that was twice blocked by former secretary of state Eric Pickles, following a ‘failure of policy’ to support gypsy travellers.

An inspector has approved Forestry Commission plans for 67 holiday log cabins and other visitor facilities in Cheshire, after Eric Pickles deemed a similar scheme inappropriate green belt development in 2014.